Perseus was a warrior who was sent to kill a gorgon by the name of Medusa. The gorgon's expression was so scary it would turn anyone who looked at it to stone. Perseus beheaded the monster by looking at it through a mirror rather than right at it.
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The gorgon's head turned others who would fight against him to stone.
Acrisius, Danaë, Perseus, Polydectes, gorgons (Medusa, Stheno, Euryale), Andromeda.
With her sisters, the Gorgons. Medusa and the Gorgons were also related to the Fates but the Gorgons were half reptile and half human. She also had her head cut off by Perseus, so the only place she was really spending time after that was dead on the floor with Perseus carrying around her head like some sort of trophy.
Perseus receives the severed head of Medusa from the gorgons. It's not exactly a gift you'd find on a registry, but hey, it did come in handy for turning his enemies into stone. So, I guess you could say he received a deadly weapon and a great conversation starter all in one.
He watched her through his reflective shield.